Seaton
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Seton
Etymology
From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)
- A number of places in England:
- A village in Cornwall, on a river of the same name (OS grid ref SX304544).
- A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, formerly in Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0130).
- A coastal town in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).
- A village in Seaton with Slingley parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ399499).
- A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SP904982).
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA163467).
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- A small town in Victoria, Australia.
- A village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seaton is the 3759th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9423 individuals. Seaton is most common among White (78.72%) and Black/African American (14.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seaton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.